Carley Vande Ryt is a recent graduate from Columbus College of Art & Design with a BFA in Illustration and a minor in Comics and Narrative Practice. Carley was awarded the CCAD Discovery District Scholarship upon attending CCAD. Her inspirations and art styles come from the different media of animation and cartooning around the globe. Using inspiration from Western media and Eastern Asian entertainment, she desires to grow her style and her knowledge of different cultures to diversify her professional abilities and improve as a better individual. Upon graduating from CCAD, she intends to create her first series including her passion project, Mystical Unity.

 She’s an artist who takes risks, taking inspiration from many mediums, genres, and styles to improve her own style. Her work draws from Eastern design, typography, layout, and techniques, along with her Western culture, experience, and storytelling. She creates pieces that would have never been shown to Western audiences in earlier decades. These ideas were childhood inspirations, experiences, and interests that have continued to inspire and improve her work over time.

Experimenting with different materials, such as digital software and traditional techniques, they assist her in finding the best way to improve as an artist. Carley believes that studying and mastering these types of media are beneficial to entertain, inspire, and educate her and her fellow artists towards the future of visual storytelling.